KFF Health News' 'What the Health?'
Join Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, along with top health policy reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico and other media outlets to discuss the latest news and explain what the health is going on here in Washington, D.C.
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Trump’s Nontraditional Health Picks
Readying for Republican Rule
Trump 2.0
The Campaign’s Final Days
Less Than Two Weeks to Go
LIVE From KFF: Health Care and the 2024 Election
Yet Another Promise for Long-Term Care Coverage
The Health of the Campaign
Congress Punts to a Looming Lame-Duck Session
American Health Under Trump — Past, Present, and Future
Trump-Harris Debate Showcases Health Policy Differences
Live from Austin, Examining Health Equity
Let the General Election Commence
Happy 50th, ERISA
The Walz Record
Abortion Heats Up Presidential Race
Harris in the Spotlight
At GOP Convention, Health Policy Is Mostly MIA
GOP Platform Muddies Abortion Waters
SCOTUS Term Wraps With a Bang
SCOTUS Ruling Strips Power From Federal Health Agencies
Live From Aspen: Health and the 2024 Elections
SCOTUS Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge — For Now
Nursing Home Staffing Rules Prompt Pushback
Waiting for SCOTUS
Anti-Abortion Hard-Liners Speak Up
Bird Flu Lands as the Next Public Health Challenge
Newly Minted Doctors Are Avoiding Abortion Ban States
Abortion Access Changing Again in Florida and Arizona
Abortion — Again — At the Supreme Court
Too Big To Fail? Now, It’s Too Big To Hack
Arizona Turns Back the Clock on Abortion Access
Florida Limits Abortion — For Now
The Supreme Court and the Abortion Pill
The ACA Turns 14
Maybe It’s a Health Care Election After All
The State of the Union Is ... Busy
Alabama’s IVF Ruling Still Making Waves
Alabama Court Rules Embryos Are Children. What Now?
Biden Wins Early Court Test for Medicare Drug Negotiations
To End School Shootings, Activists Consider a New Culprit: Parents
The Struggle Over Who Gets the Last Word
Health Enters the Presidential Race
The Supreme Court vs. the Bureaucracy
All About the (Government) Funding
New Year, Same Abortion Debate
2023 Is a Wrap
Abortion and SCOTUS, Together Again
Democrats See Opportunity in GOP Threats to Repeal Health Law
Trump Puts Obamacare Repeal Back on Agenda
Congress Kicks the (Budget) Can Down the Road. Again.
A Very Good Night for Abortion Rights Backers
For ACA Plans, It’s Time to Shop Around
The New Speaker’s (Limited) Record on Health
The Open Enrollment Mixing Bowl
Health Funding in Question in a Speaker-Less Congress
An Encore: 3 HHS Secretaries Reveal What the Job Is Really Like
More Medicaid Messiness
Countdown to Shutdown
Underinsured Is the New Uninsured
Welcome Back, Congress. Now Get to Work.
3 Health Policy Experts You Should Know
A Not-So-Health-y GOP Debate
Abortion Pill’s Legal Limbo Continues
On Abortion Rights, Ohio Is the New Kansas
Congress Is Out. The Presidential Campaign Is In.
Another Try for Mental Health ‘Parity’
Let’s Talk About the Weather
The Long Road to Reining in Short-Term Plans
A Year Without Roe
Live from Aspen: Three HHS Secretaries on What the Job Is Really Like
Slow Your Disenroll
Debt Deal Leaves Health Programs (Mostly) Intact
Our 300th Episode!
When an Anti-Vaccine Activist Runs for President
The Abortion Pill Goes Back to Court
The Crisis Is Ending, but Covid Confusion Lives On
Health Programs at Risk as Debt Ceiling Cave-In Looms
Dancing Under the Debt Ceiling
Will They or Won’t They (Block the Abortion Pill)?
The Confusing Fate of the Abortion Pill
The ‘Unwinding’ of Medicaid
A Judicial Body Blow to the ACA
The Policy, and Politics, of Medicare Advantage
Judging the Abortion Pill
Biden Budget Touches All the Bases
March Medicaid Madness
Senators Have Mental Health Crises, Too
The Kids Are Not OK
A Health-Heavy State of the Union
Au Revoir, Public Health Emergency
Part II: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe’
Part I: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe’
As US Bumps Against Debt Ceiling, Medicare Becomes a Bargaining Chip
GOP House Opens With Abortion Agenda
Year-End Bill Holds Big Health Changes
The Covid Coordinator Speaks
Health Spending? Only Congress Knows
Congress Races the Clock
Medicaid Machinations
Changing of the Guard
The Midterm Shake-Up
ACA Open Enrollment Without the Drama
Voters Will Get Their Say on Multiple Health Issues
Biden Hits the Road to Sell Democrats’ Record
Finally Fixing the “Family Glitch”
Looking Ahead to the Lame-Duck Session
On Government Spending, Congress Decides Not to Decide
Biden Declares the Pandemic ‘Over’
Graham’s Bill Recenters Abortion Debate
Judge Takes Aim at the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Care Benefits
The Future of Public Health, 2022 Edition
Wrapping Up Summer’s Health News
A Big Week for Biden
Kansas Makes a Statement
Manchin Makes a Deal
Drug Price Bill Is a Go in the Senate
Life After ‘Roe’ Is ... Confusing
A Chat With the Surgeon General on Health Worker Burnout
A World Without ‘Roe’
Supreme Court Overturns Roe
The FDA Goes After Nicotine
Closing In on Covid Vaccines for 'The Littles'
Taking a Shot at Gun Control
Washington’s Slow Churn
A(nother) Very Sad Week
Waking Up to Baby Formula Shortage
The Invisible Pandemic
Leaked Abortion Opinion Rocks Washington’s World
[Rebroadcast] Roe v. Wade on the Rocks
More Covid Complications for Congress
A Conversation With Peter Lee on What’s Next for the ACA
News You Might Have Missed
Finally, a Fix for the ‘Family Glitch’
Funding for the Next Pandemic
The ACA Turns 12
We May Be Done With Covid, But Covid’s Not Done With Us
Congress Shelves Covid Funding for Now
A Health-Heavy State of the Union
Contemplating a Post-‘Roe’ World
It’s Health Costs, Stupid (2022 Edition)
FDA Takes Center Stage
Paging the HHS Secretary
Record ACA Enrollment Puts Pressure on Congress
Roe v. Wade’s (Possibly Last) Anniversary
Dealing With Drug Prices
Contagion Confusion
Manchin Blows Up Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’
Oh, Oh, Omicron
Much Ado About (Vaccine) Mandates
Roe v. Wade on the Rocks
The Big Biden Budget Bill Passes the House
Boosting Confusion
Why Health Care Is So Expensive, Chapter $22K
Compromise Is Coming — Maybe
Interview with Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog
Biden Social-Spending ‘Framework’ Pulls Back on Key Health Pledges
Dems Agree to Agree, But Not on What to Agree on
The Politics of Vaccine Mandates
Abortion Politics Front and Center
The Health Agenda Still on Hold
The Autumn of Democrats’ Discontent
Much Ado About Drug Prices
The Future of Public Health
Vaccine Approval Moves the Needle on Covid
Booster Time
The Senate Acts
Delta Blues
Hot Covid Summer
Delta Changes the Covid Conversation
Here Comes Reconciliation
Becerra Urges Congress to Expand Medicare, Address Rx Prices
Un-Trumping the ACA
How to Expand Health Coverage
The ACA Lives
Our 200th Episode!
The Drug Price Dilemma
The Return of the Public Option
Roe v. Wade on the Ropes
Drug Price Effort Hits a Snag
Sharing Vaccines With the World
100 Days of Health Policy
Picking Up the Pace of Undoing Trump Policies
Pause and Effect on Covid Vaccines
Health Care as Infrastructure
Planning for Round Two
Getting Down to Work at HHS
ACA Packs More Benefits — And More Confusion
Expanding the ACA in an Unpredicted Way
Good and Not-So-Good News on Covid
Staffing Up at HHS
Open Enrollment, One More Time
All About Budget Reconciliation
Covid and Kids
The Long Road to Unwinding Trump Health Policies
The Biden Health Agenda
On Capitol Hill, Actions Have Consequences
Georgia Turns the Senate Blue
2020 in Review — It Wasn’t All COVID
All I Want for Christmas Is a COVID Relief Bill
Vaccines Soon but COVID Relief Bill Still Stalled
Who Will Run the Biden Health Effort?
Transition Troubles Mount as COVID Spreads
What Would Dr. Fauci Do?
Transition Interrupted
Change Is in the Air
As COVID Cases Spike, White House Declares Pandemic Over
A Little Good News and Some Bad on COVID-19
Dems May Lose on SCOTUS, But Hope to Win on ACA
Trump vs. COVID
Election Preview: What’s Next for Health?
ACA in Peril With Ginsburg Seat in Play
It’s Scandal Week
The Politics of Science
The Affordable Care Act Turns 10 (Rebroadcast)
Democrats in Array (For Now)
Kamala Harris on Health
Still Waiting for That Trump Health Plan
Republicans in COVID Disarray
Trump Twists on Virus Response
The Trump Administration’s War on Fauci
‘Open The Schools, Close The Bars’
High Court’s Surprising Abortion Decision
The Pandemic Shifts; The Politics, Not So Much
SCOTUS, Trump Collide Over Transgender Rights
Say What? The Spread Of Coronavirus Confusion
Protests And Pandemics
Still Seeking A Federal Coronavirus Strategy
States And COVID-19: You’re On Your Own
What’s In The Next Round Of COVID-19 Relief?
Blowing The Whistle On Trump Team’s COVID Policies
SCOTUS Decides An ACA Case. No, Not THAT Case.
Whom Do We Trust For COVID Info?
How Will We Reopen The Economy?
Who Will Pay For COVID-19 Care?
All Coronavirus All The Time
The Affordable Care Act Turns 10
Coronavirus Goes Viral
A ‘Super Tuesday’ For The Health Debate?
Prepping For A Possible Pandemic
The Labor Pains Of ‘Medicare For All’
Live From D.C. With Rep. Donna Shalala
Fact-Checking President Trump’s State Of The Union
Remaking Medicaid – Maybe
SCOTUS Punts On ACA Case — For Now
Trump Takes Credit Where It Isn’t Due
Democrats Roll Dice On SCOTUS And The ACA
How Do Other Countries Pay For Health Care?
ACA Still Under A Cloud After Court Ruling
Legislate-A-Palooza
We Spend HOW MUCH On Health Care?
How’s That Open Enrollment Going?
The Health Care Campaign
Spending Bill Slowdown
Elections Matter
Spooky Stuff
All About Medicaid
Democrats Do Drugs (Prices)
Trump Merges Health And Immigration
Trump Turns To Medicare
Impeachment And The Health Agenda
Tennessee Seeks Medicaid Changes
Despite Booming Economy, Uninsured Rate Ticks Up
Waiting For The Trump Health Plan
All About Medicare
We Answer Your Questions
Gun Violence And The Politics Of Public Health
Deciphering The Democrats’ Health Debate
Cue The Drug Price Debate
Biden Doubles Down On Obamacare
Could The ACA Really Go Away?
All About ‘Medicare for All’
Dems Debate Health Care
Health Politics Heading Into 2020: Live From Aspen!
Who Will Pay To Fix Problem Of Surprise Medical Bills?
Fetal Tissue Research Is Latest Flashpoint In Abortion Debate
The State Of The Abortion Debate — A Deep Dive
Is ‘Medicare For All’ Losing Steam?
States Race To Reverse Roe
‘Conscience’ Rules, Rx Prices and Still More Medicare
Bye-Bye, ACA, And Hello ‘Medicare-For-All’?
The Abortion Wars Rage On
You Have Questions, We Have Answers
Still More Medicare-For-All
The GOP’s Health Reform Whiplash
Health Care’s Back (In Court)
Surprise! Fixing Surprise Medical Bills Is Harder Than it Looks
The Karma Of Cutting Medicare
What The Health: What’s Next For The FDA?
'Medicare-For-All' Debate: Who’s Going To Pay
How Safe Are Your Supplements?
“Medicare-For-All” For Dummies
A ‘Healthy’ State Of The Union
Live From D.C.: A Look Ahead At Health Policy In 2019
‘Medicare-For-All’? More? Some?
Drug Prices Are Rising Again. Is Someone Going To Do Something About It?
New Year, New Health Proposals
Ask Us Anything!
More On That Texas Lawsuit, And The Best And Worst Health Policy Stories Of The Year
What Just Happened To The ACA In Texas And What Happens Now? Special Bonus Edition
Insurance Enrollment Is Lagging — And There Are Lots Of Reasons Why
Is Health Spending The Next Big Political Issue?
Episode 74: Reading The Tea Leaves In Blue Wave’s Wake
Episode 73: Health Nerd Books For The Holidays
Episode 72: Doctors, Guns and Lame Ducks
Episode 71: Split Decision On Health Care
Episode 70: Open Enrollment And A Midterm Preview
Episode 69: Trump, GOP Fight Back On Health Care
Episode 68: Republicans’ Preexisting Political Problem
Episode 67: Falling Premiums And Rising Political Tensions
Episode 66: Some Things Old, Some Things New
Episode 65: (Almost) Live from Austin!
Episode 64: Health On The Hill
Episode 63: A Detour On A Smoking Off-Ramp
Episode 62: Health Policy Goes To Court
Episode 61: Ask Us Anything!
Episode 60: Opioids, EpiPens And Health Funding
Episode 59: See You In Court!
Episode 58: Coming Soon, ‘Long-Term, Short-Term’ Plans
Episode 57: Let’s Talk Politics
Episode 56: Congress And Health Care. Again.
Episode 55: Drug Prices And Unicorns
Episode 54: ACA Under Fire. Again.
Episode 53: Whither Work Requirements?
Episode 52: Justice Kennedy Retires. Now What?
Episode 51: Live from Aspen!
Episode 50: California Here We Come
Episode 49: Health Care Politics, Midterm Edition
Episode 48: Virginia, The VA And Military Medicine
Episode 47: Campaign Promises Kept, Plus 'Nerd Reports'
Episode 46: Much Ado About Drug Prices
Episode 45: The Politics Of Rising Premiums And Menu Labeling
Episode 44: Medicaid, Privacy, And The Return Of Tom Price
Episode 43: What Next For The VA?
Episode 42: Nothing In Health Care Ever Goes Away
Episode 41: It’s Nerd Week
Episode 40: Alive And Limping: ACA In The Age Of Trump
Episode 39: VA Secretary Out, Privatization In?
Episode 38: Health Law Fix Misses The Spending Bill Train
Episode 37: Rocky Road Ahead In Congress For Insurance Market Bills
Episode 36: HHS Leaders Take To The Stump
Episode 35: The ACA Heads Back To Court. Again.
Episode 34: The Long Wait Ends For Short-Term Plan Rules
Episode 33: What Do The Budget, Idaho And FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Have In Common?
Episode 32: There’s a Really Big Health Bill in that Budget Deal
Episode 31: The State of the (Health) Union
Episode 30: CHIP (Finally) Gets Funded
Episode 29: Our First Live Show: What The Health Will Happen In 2018?
Episode 28: Should You Work For Your Medicaid Coverage?
Episode 27: While You Were Celebrating…
Episode 26: The Year In Health Policy
Episode 25: Farewell Individual Mandate
Episode 24: Is Health Care Spending Still The Hungry, Hungry Hippo?
Episode 23: Taxes, Medicare And The Year-End Mess
Episode 22: Meanwhile, In Other Health News…
Episode 21: Tax Bill Or Health Bill?
Episode 20: We Have Numbers!
Episode 19: How Confused Are We?
Episode 18: Open Enrollment is Nigh
Episode 17: Whiplash
Episode 16: Let’s Blow It All Up
Episode 15: Congress Is CHIPPING Away At Health Insurance For Kids
Episode 14: Repeal And Replace Is Dead. What Now?
Episode 13: Zombie Repeal-And-Replace Bill Rises Again
Episode 12: Health Plans Busting Out All Over
Episode 11: Welcome Back Congress. Now Get To Work.
Episode 10: Hurricane Harvey And Health Costs
Episode 9: Back To Health Crunch Come September
Episode 8: Why Is It So Difficult To Control Drug Prices?
Episode 7: No Vacation For Insurers
Episode 6: Now What?
Episode 5: What a week!
Episode 4: Senate Health Bill, Mostly Dead?
Episode 3: Senate Health Bill 2.0. Still On Life Support
Episode 2: Why Is This Stuff So Complicated?
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